Venus Express has been making the most detailed study of the planet’s thick and complex atmosphere to date. The latest findings highlight the features that make Venus unique in the Solar System and provide fresh clues as to how the planet is - despite everything - a more Earth-like planetary neighbour than one could have imagined.

Background material

Venus Express factsheet

Venus Express Brochure pdf file

Additional images to accompany each article

1. Earth's twin planet?

2. The unexpected temperature profile of Venus’s atmosphere

3. The restless atmosphere

• page one

• page two

• page three

4. Caught in the wind from the sun

5. Climate and evolution

Presentations by theme

Caution: large files

1. Introduction

2. What we knew before

3. Temperatures

4. Dynamic Atmosphere

5. Atmosphere and solar wind

6. Climate and evolution

7. Conclusion